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Curated Video
The Moon and Spring Tides
How the Moon affects daily tides and drives extreme spring tides, when the Sun and Moon align. Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. The Moon creates and controls the tides. Its gravitational pull causes ocean water to bulge...
Curated Video
The Impact of Tides: Understanding the Rise and Fall of Ocean Levels
Explore the fascinating phenomenon of tides and how they are influenced by the gravitational forces of the moon and the sun. We learn how ancient civilizations accurately predicted tides and how this knowledge continues to be crucial for...
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Timelapse of the retreating (ebb) tide on the Severn estuary at the spring equinox.
The Severn estuary has the second largest tidal range in the world (after the Bay of Fundy in Canada). This view is looking towards the second Severn bridge which was built in 1996. The first bridge was built in 1966
Curated Video
How Climate Change Factored Into Venice's Floods
Climate change likely played a role in Venice's flooding, but it was just one of several contributing factors.
Scholastic
Study Jams! Tides
The tide will turn in your earth science or oceanography unit when viewers see this clip. They learn that tides are caused by the gravitational pull of our moon, and are even impacted by the gravity of the sun. High, low, neap, and...
Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Tides
This animation on tides is very thorough, explaining the cause of tides and the adaptations organisms must have to survive in the intertidal zone. An additional simulation will test your understanding of tides.